USCMO Concludes Its National Muslim Advocacy Week With Great Success
Delegates from 28 states met virtually with some 150 elected officials, staffers – a digital record-breaker (WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/29/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) celebrates the conclusion of the 6th annual “National Muslim Congressional Advocacy Week,” during which more than 550 delegates from 28 states met virtually with some 150 elected officials and […]
USCMO’s Voter Registration Drive Tops the One Million Voters Mark for 2016 Election
USCMO’s Voter Registration Drive Tops the One Million Voters Mark for 2016 Election (Washington, D.C., 11/2/2016) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of national, regional, and local Muslim organizations, is proud to announce today that the response to the One Million Voters Drive it proclaimed in December 2015 and Get out […]
Being Muslim American in the Year of Donald Trump
Source: CNN.COM – Br MJ Lee – October 17, 2016 Muslim Americans describe the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a seminal moment that painfully altered their place in American society. But when CNN interviewed American Muslims about the presidential election, we heard a startling message: 2016 is worse. CNN traveled last month to three growing Muslim […]
HOW TRUMP NOD COULD CAUSE RECORD MUSLIM-AMERICAN VOTER TURNOUT
By ALIYAH FRUMIN – July 25, 2016 – NBC News Donald Trump will cast a long shadow in September when Muslims across the U.S. gather to celebrate Eid al-Adha, known as the Feast of Sacrifice. Now that Trump, whose anti-Muslim rhetoric has punctuated the campaign season, has secured the Republican presidential nomination, his candidacy could propel Muslim-Americans […]
MUSLIM AMERICAN VOTERS COULD SWING BATTLEGROUND STATES
VOA News – July 23, 2016 At an estimated 3.3 million, Muslim Americans represent a small portion of the American population. But the community could play an important role in so-called swing states during the upcoming presidential elections. When the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based rights organization, launched its 2016 Muslims Vote campaign, the […]
US MUSLIM LEADERS CALL ON MORE MUSLIMS TO VOTE
By Gretel Kauffman – Christian Science Monitor – July 20, 2016 A campaign that aims to register one million Muslim voters by November is in full swing, as organizers and volunteers canvass college campuses, bus stations, and gas stations in Muslim neighborhoods across the United States. The “One America” campaign, launched in December and spearheaded by the US Council […]